Photosynthesis

Question 1

All life on Earth depends on the flow of _____

Answer 1

Light energy

Question 2

The source of energy in photosynthesis is from the _____

Answer 2

Sun

Question 3

Autotrophs:

Answer 3

Organisms that can make their own food

Question 4

Heterotrophs:

Answer 4

Organisms that cannot make own food

Question 5

How do autotrophs get food

Answer 5

Use light energy from the sun to produce food in the form of glucose/sugar

Question 6

Examples of autotrophs

Answer 6

Green plants, some bacteria, some protists

Question 7

Examples of heterotrophs

Answer 7

All animals, fungi

Question 8

ADP:

Answer 8

Adenosine diphosphate

Question 9

ATP:

Answer 9

Adenosine triphosphate

Question 10

What is significance of the third phosphate in ATP

Answer 10

To store excess energy

Question 11

Three parts of ADP/ATP

Answer 11

Adenine, ribose, phosphate groups

Question 12

Cellular activities that would require the energy of ATP

Answer 12

Active transport, cell division, DNA synthesis, spindle formation for DNA replication

Question 13

Why is it important for ATP to become ADP

Answer 13

Use extra phosphate group as a source of energy

Question 14

How does ATP turn into ADP

Answer 14

The phosphate group breaks off

Question 15

How does ADP become ATP

Answer 15

Adds a phosphate group - energy comes from glucose

Question 16

What is equation for photosynthesis

Answer 16

6CO2 + 6H20 yields C6H12O6 + 6O2

Question 17

How does chlorophyll make a plant appear green

Answer 17

The chlorophyll captures red and blue lights and then reflects green wavelengths

Question 18

What plant structures control the passage of H2O out of the cell and CO2 into the cell

Answer 18

The stomata

Question 19

Is carbon dioxide produced during photosynthesis

Answer 19

No

Question 20

Are all parts of the plant able to carry out photosynthesis

Answer 20

No

Question 21

Life on earth is dependent on photosynthesis for what two things

Answer 21

Oxygen and glucose

Question 22

Why do autotrophs depend on heterotrophs

Answer 22

Carbon dioxide

Question 23

Where does the plant take in water

Answer 23

Through roots

Question 24

How does the plant get carbon dioxide

Answer 24

Through the stoma of the stomata

Question 25

Name of waxy layer on leaf that prevents water loss

Answer 25

Cuticle

Question 26

What is any substance that absorbs light called

Answer 26

Pigment

Question 27

Name of cells in leaf that are primary photosynthetic layer of the leaf

Answer 27

Pallisade

Question 28

Name of middle portion of leaf

Answer 28

Mesophyll

Question 29

Pores on underside of the cell are called

Answer 29

Stoma

Question 30

What carries water to the leaves from the roots

Answer 30

Xylem

Question 31

What carries food out of the cell to all other parts of the plant

Answer 31

Phloem

Question 32

Plants absorb the sun’s energy with _____

Answer 32

Light absorbing pigments

Question 33

Chlorophyll a:

Answer 33

Blue-green

Question 34

Chlorophyll b:

Answer 34

Yellow-green

Question 35

What parts of the cell contain chloroplasts

Answer 35

Pallisades and spongy cells

Question 36

What are the guard cells

Answer 36

Stomata

Question 37

Where are the xylem and phloem

Answer 37

In vascular bundles